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Police responded to a reported kidnapping Sunday in the 5500 block of North Austin Avenue about 4:39 p.m. where a witness said they saw a woman and child being forced into an SUV by two men, police said.
Protesters marched through the neighborhood, flying Palestinian flags and wearing kaffiyehs. They called on Chicago leaders to divest from Israel and also sought the release of Illinois inmates wrongfully convicted and sentenced.
On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped Bobby Franks and bludgeoned him to death. The "thrill killing," one of many to be dubbed "the crime of the century," remains a puzzle.
Agnieszka Rydzewski is charged with soliciting the murder of Arturo Cantu, who was allegedly gunned down earlier this week by Anthony Calderon in the southwest suburban love triangle.